Friday, March 30, 2012

For the Birds: More Latin American Designs


Just a small flock of fabrics before I head off to work...

These were printed with two carved Speedball Speedy Stamp (Carve) blocks. The design was based on a motif from an ancient Peruvian weaving.


This piece was created with a block made from adhesive craft foam that I embossed with a ballpoint pen. I used one of Katherine's Mexican embroideries as inspiration. I'll have a step-by-step about this block design sometime in the next few days.


Off to sell beads!

4 comments:

  1. Could you have made the birds using craft foam also?

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    1. The birds with the flowers were made with craft foam. Yes, you probably could use craft foam to make the other birds. Thanks for commenting.

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  2. Hi again, do you have step by step instructions for the stamp blocks. I am wondering how you line up the blocks when stamping 2 different colors?

    Thank you

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    1. Hi. You can look at the Featured Tutorial in the left hand column or sign up for my free newsletter (right column). The newsletter I just released talks about printing with the Speedy Carve blocks. As far as lining up more than one color...I admit that I usually "eyeball" the lining up. I sometimes create a shaped block from craft foam or a Speedy Carve block, print that first and then overprint with a more detailed block. Hope that helps.

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